TestPartner is a
GUI software testing
In software engineering, graphical user interface testing is the process of testing a product's graphical user interface (GUI) to ensure it meets its specifications. This is normally done through the use of a variety of test cases.
Test case ge ...
tool from
Micro Focus
Micro Focus International plc is a British multinational software and information technology business based in Newbury, Berkshire, England. The firm provides software and consultancy. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is ...
that is intended to enable software development project teams to functionally automate and test application
Graphical User Interface
The GUI ( "UI" by itself is still usually pronounced . or ), graphical user interface, is a form of user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices through graphical icons and audio indicator such as primary notation, inste ...
s, with the goal of being able to accomplish more application testing in a given amount of time than could be performed manually.
On 6 May 2009,
Micro Focus
Micro Focus International plc is a British multinational software and information technology business based in Newbury, Berkshire, England. The firm provides software and consultancy. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is ...
announced the purchase of the Quality Solutions part of
Compuware
Compuware Corporation was an American software company based in Detroit, Michigan. The company offers products aimed at the information technology (IT) departments of large businesses, and its services also include testing, development, automation ...
which included TestPartner.
Borland
Borland Software Corporation was a computer technology company founded in 1983 by Niels Jensen, Ole Henriksen, Mogens Glad and Philippe Kahn. Its main business was the development and sale of software development and software deployment product ...
acquired the rights and support of TestPartner as Silk Test Partner, but the product has been discontinued in favor of
Silk Test
Silk Test is a tool for automated function and regression testing of enterprise applications. It was originally developed by Segue Software which was acquired by Borland in 2006. Borland was acquired by Micro Focus International in 2009. The ori ...
and will continue to provide support only.
Methods
TestPartner provides two primary methods for functional test development:
#Code-oriented development using Microsoft
Visual Basic for Applications
Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) is an implementation of Microsoft's event-driven programming language Visual Basic 6.0 built into most desktop Microsoft Office applications. Although based on pre-.NET Visual Basic, which is no longer supported ...
(VBA), which has been licensed from
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology corporation producing computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services headquartered at the Microsoft Redmond campus located in Redmond, Washing ...
. With VBA users have access to a rich integrated development environment (IDE) that provides the core VisualBasic application libraries, as well as all of the capabilities inherent in VBA (debugging, error handling, ability to reference public libraries, etc.). Compuware TestPartner also provides a predefined library of VBA-based functionality specifically intended for use in functional test automation.
#A visual storyboard-based environment for developing functional test automation. This interface has been termed a "Visual Navigator" in the product literature. This capability provides users with a Screen Preview (screenshot of application screen being automated), a list of test automation steps being performed against the Screen, and a Storyboard which provides the context of a series of test steps against multiple screen previews. This approach also provides users with access to a standard test automation functionality, as well as the ability to add various types of test logic, variabilization, etc.
The current version of TestPartner is 6.3.2.
References
External links
MicroFocus TestPartnerTestPartner SQAForums Discussion RoomOvum Analyst Report regarding Compuware, including TestPartner/ Micro Focus TestPartner data sheetMicro Focus TestPartner documentation pageMicro Focus TestPartner community pageArticles on TestPartner
{{DEFAULTSORT:Testpartner
Graphical user interface testing
Micro Focus International